Crimson Crack of Dawn is literally just that:
When the sun starts rising, I’m working very long lenses looking at little postage stamp at arms length sized areas of the sky. The tree was hundreds of yards out from my position as getting it in focus was a priority. Distance from the foreground object is your friend.
If camera settings need to be known, looking into a really bright scene like this, LOWEST ISO number, Higher fstop number and really fast shutter speeds. Most camera users need a neutral density filter in front of the lens but I don’t need them with this Sony Alpha 7. I really don’t like them on my cameras as I often get ghost images in really bright off lens center axis photos. Never use em. Neutral Density filters reduce the over all light coming into your camera.
Set your priorities and start working in Manual Mode folks. You can’t take images like this without it.
Location: Bliss DInosaur Ranch, Wyoming/Montana borderlands.
Title: Crimson Crack of Dawn